←back to thread

Restructuring Announcement

(automattic.com)
261 points markx2 | 1 comments | 02 Apr 25 18:34 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
Show context
lenerdenator ◴[02 Apr 25 20:00 UTC] No.43560875[source]▶
Given what I know of the situation (which admittedly isn't much), wouldn't the best course of action be to shitcan the CEO?
replies(2): >>43561002 #>>43561023 #
wmf ◴[02 Apr 25 20:14 UTC] No.43561002[source]▶
With apologies to Louis XIV, Matt is Automattic.
replies(2): >>43561061 #>>43562771 #
lenerdenator ◴[02 Apr 25 20:20 UTC] No.43561061[source]▶
wait, did he put his name in the company name?

if so, that's what we in the narcissist-identifying business call a "tell".

replies(5): >>43561071 #>>43561706 #>>43562990 #>>43564031 #>>43568425 #
Jare ◴[02 Apr 25 21:15 UTC] No.43561706[source]▶
Or it just sounded like a fun joke for a good company name... I mean you are not wrong, but pretty much any successful young entrepreneur must have some degree of excessive appreciation for themselves, and this one was already achieving that status at 19.
replies(1): >>43563376 #
groby_b ◴[03 Apr 25 00:19 UTC] No.43563376[source]▶
Knowing a number of successful entrepreneurs, many having hit success early as well - most don't need to enshrine themselves in the company name. It is indeed a tell.

If that wasn't enough of a tell, his behavior in the last few months spelled it out clearly, circled the relevant parts with a big fat red marker, and installed a blinking neon sign saying "narcissist".

replies(1): >>43564969 #
1. em-bee ◴[03 Apr 25 05:07 UTC] No.43564969[source]▶
i don't think that is how a tell works. of course now we know. hindsight and all that.

to decide whether it is actually a tell, we need to look at statistics of company names containing references to the owners/founders and their behavior. and i don't think that statistic bears out. naming your company after yourself is the traditional thing to do. "automattic" is just on the more clever side.

the tradition is changing only because it is becoming more and more popular to name your company after the product you are selling. now, putting your name into the product name, that maybe could be a tell. but even here there are exceptions: debian for example.